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WHEREAS,  His  Excellency  the  Governor  lias  brought  the  question  of  the  justice  and  propriety  of*  in- 
creasing the  monthly  pay  of  the  privates  and  non-commissioned  officers  of  the  armies  of  the  Confederate. 
States  before  the  General  Assembly  ;  and  whereas,  the  General  Assembly  concurs  in  the  justice  and  impor- 
tance of  this  reeomr.  nidation  ;  therefore, 

Resolved  1st,  That  our  Senators  and  Representatives  in  Congress  be,  and  they  arc  hereby  requested  to 
bring  the  question  before  the  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States,  and  to  do  all  in  their  power  by  their  in- 

iceand  their  votes,  to  procure  the  passage  of  an  act  to  raise  the  monthly  pay  of  privates  in  the  army 
to  twenty  dollars  per  month,  and  of  non  commissioned   officers  in  like  proportion,  and  to  procure  the 
sessment  of  a  tax  sufficient  to  meet  the  increased  expenditure,  to  be  levied,  as  far  as  practicable,  upon  the 
income  of  speculators  and  extortioners,  and  upon  the  wealth  of  those  who  are  not  in  the  army. 

Resolved  2./.  That  the  Governor  he  requested  to  forward  a  copy  of  these  resolutions  to  the   President 
of  the  Confederate  States,  and  to  the  Governor  of  each  State  in  the  Confederacy,  and  to  each  of  our  R«  ji- 
atatives  in  Congress. 

Resolved  3d,  That,  the  troops  in  the  service  of  this  State  shall  receive  the  same  pay  as  the  Confederate 
troops* 

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('resident   of  the  Senate. 
Jas.  M.  MOBLET, 

Secretary  oi  Senate. 

WAl'KKN   AKIN. 
speaker  House  of  Representatives. 
L.  Carkin<;ton, 

Clerk  House  of  Representatives. 
Cordially  approved  April  1 3th,  LS63^ 

JOSEPH   K.  BROWN,  Governor. 


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